George Geary
George Geary
Born: 9 July 1893, Barwell, Leicestershire
Died: 6 March 1981, Leicester
Major Teams: Leicestershire, England.
Known As: George Geary
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Test Debut: England v South Africa at Manchester, 4th Test, 1924
Last Test: England v Australia at Lord's, 2nd Test, 1934
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1927
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 14 20 4 249 66 15.56 0 2 13 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 635 181 1353 46 29.41 7-70 4 1 82.8 2.13
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1912 - 1938)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 549 820 138 13504 122 19.80 8 54 451 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 115899 5653 41339 2063 20.03 10-18 125 30 56.1 2.14
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Profile:
His boots are on display in the pavilion at Grace Road, a worthy
memorial to a tireless bowler, with over 2000 wickets in a 27
year career (interrupted by World War 1). A right-arm medium fast
bowler of great stamina and accuracy, he commanded pace off the
pitch, change of pace, swing, and seam. He was also versatile,
able to switch to off-spin in favourable conditions. His
international appearances were comparatively few, overshadowed by
Tate, but he had a fine tour of Australia in 1928-9, topping the
bowling averages, and before injury prevented him bowling further
on the tour, took 12 for 130 in his first Test in South Africa.
He was a useful tail-end bat, and in his first Test helped
Macaulay save England with a 9th wicket partnership of 108. He
was a fine slip fielder, taking two superb catches off Larwood in
the Oval Test of 1926 (afterwards noting that the pace of the
ball had resulted in bruises through to the back of his hands).
Elbow problems caused him difficulty towards the end of his
career, and after retirement he took to coaching at Charterhouse,
where nothing gave him more pleasure than helping the young Peter
May (Dave Liverman, 1998).
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